Letter to the Editor - 12-17-12

For most of us, this time of year becomes way to busy with getting ready for the holidays.

I want to say a HUGE thank you to some woman who was at our local Walmart on Tuesday mid-afternoon.

It was one of those afternoons in which I had many duties and was mentally juggling how to accomplish my responsibilities for the day.

As I finished shopping, I negotiated my way through the throng of shoppers to check out. I headed out to the parking lot and my car. I loaded my packages into the trunk and left the area.

Upon arriving back in Brush, I realized I had forgotten one item. I headed to the local grocery store. Upon parking, discovered I did not have my purse. I checked the trunk with all my purchases. It was not there.

I knew I must have left it in the shopping cart in the parking lot at Walmart. I headed back to Fort Morgan and the Walmart parking lot in a state of trepidation and concern. I drove to the spot where I had left the cart. There were carts but no purse.

I went inside to customer service in near tears. As I shared with Chris at the counter that I had lost my purse, she asked me to identify it.

Reaching down, she handed it to me with the explanation that she had a line of customers she was serving when a woman came to the front of the line. She handed my purse to Chris and told her someone has lost it in the parking lot.

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You can imagine my relief at seeing my purse. I joked as I opened it up, saying, "Well,, I wonder if I still have my money and cards."

My purse had not been opened. Everything was just as it was when I lost it.

I left with tears in my eyes at the honesty and integrity shown by this good Samaritan. I hope the woman that returned my purse to Customer Service sees this letter of thanks. If not, I rest in the fact that God knows who she is and will bless her.

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